| Back to the News All Postcards Page Index Flower Postcards with Quotes Photos by Bruce McMillan copyright 2005 taken in Maine and Alabama. These were sent to friends a daily emails and are now here for you to enjoy. Down to the Postcards |
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Sent February 19, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is never too late to be what you might have been." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dinah Mulock Craik 1826-1887 Taken February 18, 2005 at the Birmingham Botanical Garden, Alabama Pussy Willows |
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Sent February 23, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I know that if odor were visible, as color is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Bridges 1844-1930 from"Testament of Beauty" Taken February 18, 2005 at the Birmingham Botanical Garden, Alabama Sweet Smelling Hyacinth |
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Sent April 28, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The only color I don't have is navy brown." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra 1925- Taken in the late afternoon light on April 26 2005 in Bruce's driveway. Yellow Forsythia |
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Sent April 29, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But the creator uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scott Adams, cartoonist and creator of Dilbert 1957- Forsythia taken in the late afternoon light on April 26 2005 in Bruce's driveway. 1 photo 2 show 3 yellow 4-sythia Say it out loud.: One photo to show three yellow forsythia. |
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Sent Ma1 1, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Galileo Galilei 1564-1642 Dandelion flower in mid-day light on April 29 2005 in Bruce's yard. Sun |
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Sent May 2, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Red is the ultimate cure for sadness." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Blass, Designer 1922-2002 Flowering Quince buds in afternoon light on May 2, 2005 in Bruce's yard. Flowering Quince Buds |
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Sent May 10, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joseph Addison 1672-1719 An overcast day with coming brighter light on May 9, 2005 in Bruce's yard in Shapleigh, ME. Cheery Cherry Blossoms |
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Sent May 16, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gilbert K. Chesterton, English illustrator and author 1874-1936 Taken during a back yard walk in Shapleigh, ME, May 14, 2005. Wild Hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium) Found at high elevations, the outer flowers are sterile but the inner ones blossom producing large edible hobbleberries that can be picked or used for jam. |
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Sent May 18, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Albert Einstein 1879-1955 Taken during a back yard walk in Shapleigh, ME, May 13, 2005. Weeping Willow Blossom (Salix babylonica) Trivia: Cuttings from this popular species were carried along the trade routes from China., where it originated. Its occurrence along the Euphrates River eventually fooled the famous botanist, Linnaeus, into thinking this was the Willow of biblical mention, so he gave it the scientific name of babylonica. |
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